A winter weather advisory is in effect for the entire Kansas City metro from 9 p.m. Wednesday until 12 p.m. Thursday.

KMBC's Bryan Busby said that rain will push in about noon on Wednesday. The change over to snow is expected to happen in the early hours Thursday morning.

The snow will begin to exit later Thursday morning.

Busby said the Kansas City metro could see anywhere between 1 to 3 inches of snow. Areas to the north of the metro along the Iowa and Nebraska borders could see as much as 3 to 6 inches of snow.

But Busby added that the big story could be the high winds: Busby said you should expect wind speeds of 40 MPH and higher during the height of the storm on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

The high winds coupled with the snow could create near-blizzard conditions at times.

"We are expecting the morning commute on Thursday to be very dangerous, even if you only receive light snow amounts," the National Weather Service said on its Pleasant Hill Facebook page.

KMBC 9 News will start our winter weather coverage at 4 a.m. on Thursday morning so that you can get up early and check out the conditions. We'll also be streaming our live coverage on KMBC.com and to your mobile phones and tablets.

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